North Macedonia – IRD Engineering wins tender to supervise construction work on Corridor VIII.

The Italian consultancy company IRD Engineering has signed the contract to provide construction supervision and legal consultancy services on the sections of Corridor VIII and Corridor X-D in the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia. The contract was awarded following a recently won tender. IRD Engineering was chosen for having the best offer in terms of value for money, as well as for being the only company to submit a perfectly adequate offer from a technical point of view. The supervision (the contract for which is worth EUR 22.4 million) covers the motorway sections Gostivar-Kichevo, Tetovo-Gostivar, Trebenishte-Struga-Kfasan (Corridor VIII), as well as Prilep-Bitola (Corridor X-D), awarded to the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka, for a total of 131.8 km. For the construction of the sections of Corridor VIII within North Macedonia’s territory, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has allocated EUR 244 million, out of a total budget for 2023 of EUR 324 million. IRD Engineering was founded in 2000 with the aim of providing engineering services during post-conflict reconstruction efforts in the Western Balkans, and over the years has expanded its activities to North-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Today, the company operates in more than 25 countries and has completed more than 1,000 projects with a total construction value of approximately EUR 35 billion.